Graphic Bible · Scene 19 of 23

Outside the hall, the foremen lower their heads and hold their aching arms.
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Exodus 5:19

They See Their Trouble

Before Pharaoh · Exodus 5

Story guide: The foremen recognize their desperate situation when Pharaoh refuses to reduce the daily brick quota.

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19Then the officers of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You must not reduce the number of your bricks, the daily quota each day.”

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